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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] visualization software
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:19:52 -0600
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When you select "calculation" and pick median joining or something, you then
must select a ych file, after which the "parameters" choice lights up. One
of the choices under "parameters" is weighting.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Fox" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] visualization software


> Ann
>
> I downloaded Fluxus and got it to work by looking in the 2004 archives. I
> was able to make a simple diagram for some of our Fox Project members. In
> the archives, however, I see a lot about weighting the markers inversely
to
> their mutation rates. I can't see how you put these weights into a ych
> file. Can anyone help me?
>
> Joe Fox
> Lafayette, CA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 6:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [DNA] visualization software
>
>
> > In a message dated 04/01/05 4:46:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > writes:
> >
> > > Can anyone point me toward free or low-cost software for visualization
> > > of y-DNA data? Probably any tool for visualizing multi-dimensional
> > > data sets will do the job, but I'm not familiar with this breed of
> > > software. Any recommendations ?
> >
> > Did you have something specific in mind? Perhaps something that would be
> > analogous to a tool you use for other kinds of data?
> >
> > Dean McGee has several tools for Excel, which can look at your data in
> > different ways. I find the Genetic Distance grid very helpful.
> >
> > http://www.mymcgee.com/tools/yutility.html
> >
> > We also use a network diagramming program called Fluxus. It creates a
> graph
> > showing how many steps it takes to go from one haplotype to another. If
> you
> > have a "star-shaped" network, a central point with many rays, that's
often
> a
> > pointer to the ancestral haplotype. You can search our archives for the
> keyword
> > Fluxus to get some tips on how to use it. I worked through an example
with
> data
> > from Orin Wells last year. Here's my message with a link to the
resulting
> > diagram. You'll see links to other messages in the thread when you bring
> up my
> > message.
> >
> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENEALOGY-DNA/2004-01/1073313002
> >
> > Ann Turner - GENEALOGY-DNA List Administrator
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> >
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